Marking or cutting device



April 17, 192s.

F.-wo| F MARKING OR CUTTING DEVICE Filed May 6, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR afm/yf ATTORNEY 1,666,479 F. WOLF MARKING 0R CUTTING DEVICE Filed May 6, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet April 17, 1928.

ATTORNEY 1 Patented Apr. 17, I1928.

UNITED STATES FRANZ WoLr, or NEW YORK, N. vir.

MARKING OR CUTTINGYDEVICE.

Application led Hay 6, 1927. Serial No. 189,380.

This invention relates to a device for punching and cutting sections from a continuous strip of paper or the like, to serve as meal checks, tickets or receipts and has for its object to provide 'a portable device which will be simple and cheap to manufacture and convenient for use by waiters, conductors or the like.v

With this and other objects in view my invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter inorevfully described and defined in the appended claims.

lIn the accompanying 'drawings which form part of this specification and in which similar reference numerals denote corresponding parts Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my device; Fig. 2 atop plan view thereof; Fig. 3 a vertical sectionon -Sof Fig. 1; lFig. 4 a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 a section on line v.5f-5 of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 shows a part of a strip to be cut or punched by my device; Fig. 7 is a cross sectionon line 7 7 of F ig'. 3 and Fig. 8 a vertical section on line 8 8 of Fig. 3.

Referring specifically to the drawings 10 denotes a casing comprising substantially circular front 'and rear Walls 11, 12 joined together by a plurality of cross pins 15, and` a substantially cylindrical side wall 13. y This casing is formed with an upper extension 10 having a top 14 and which forms a compartment for the accommodation of feeding means, a punching device and a cutting' device to be hereinafter more fully described. The paper strip P is adapted to be wound up to a roll P around a core 19 reel or the like. The compartment 10 is formed with a bottom or base plate 16 over which the strip P is to be fed and which extends from one side of said compartment to an intermediate point thereof and at its inneredge is formed with a transverse slot 16. This base plate is also provided with two or more bores or apertures 162, 163 arranged in alignment with one another transversely to said base.

Suspended from the top 14 or otherwise fixed in said compartment 10 is a bracket arm 17 in which are rotatively mounted two vertically superposed rollers 18, 18 extending transverselyin the compartment and adapted to be in frictional engagement with one another on a lineA eveny lwith the up ler face of the base plate 16. These'two ro ers feed the strip -P from the roll' P over the base 16. The bracket 17 is also formed with a guide piece 17 whereby the [strip P is properly guided from between the rollers 18,18 to the base plate 16. The latter is also formed with a guide groove 16"L which leads into the recess or slot 10"L formed in the side wall 14 of the casing.`

Formed integrally with or attached to the base 16 at the inner edge of the slot 16 is a grooved vertical support 22 suitably xed to the wall 11 of the casing and extending transversely in the compartment 10. In the groove 22 of said support is slidably borne and guided in Vvertical direction a blade or cutter 28 the lower edge ofrwhich serves as cutting edge and is preferably formed with saw teeth 23. The blade as will be hereinafter described is adapted to be reciprocated vertically in its guide 22 through the slot 16 of thebase plate 16, to cut the strip P after a certain length of the latter has been fed over the bottom 16.

Suspended from the top 14 of the casing is another bracket 24 in which is pivotally mounted at 25L a double armed lever 25 eX- tending transversely in the compartment 10. The longer arm 25 of said lever has mounted thereon a member 26 which is capable Vof sliding on'said lever longitudinally thereof. Supported on horiZonta-lly extending rods 27 slidably borne in the front andvrcari'walls 11, 12 of said compartment is a sleeve29 arranged adjacent to and at one side of the lever arm 25. This sleeve movably bears a vertically reciprocatory plunger 28 whose upper end extends through a slot 10b in the top 14 and whose lower end isvformed with a cutting' or punching edge. This plunger 28 is adapted to lie in the vert-ical plane pas sing through the openings 162, 163 of the base 16 and to normally register with either one of said openings, so that when the strip P is fed over the base 16 through the guide groove 16% thereof and the plunger 28 is depressed it will in cooperation with the corresponding opening punch a hole through said strip. The plunger is formed with a shoulder or 1ne1nber80 below the sleeve 29 in which member engages a pin 31 projecting from the slide 26. lBy this engagement the depression of the arm 25 of the lever 25 will cause the plunger 28 to move downwardly and perform its punching' operation. By the displacement o fthe sleeve 29 threugh the nediuin of its rods 27, wh

ject outwardly through the frnt and rear `ose ends prwalls of the casing and are provided with knobs 27a or the like, the plunger 23 can be shifted from its position over one of the holes say 162 tothe position over the other hole 163 and vica versa to produce perforations on the strip P at different points of its breadth. y

Motion to the puncher7 cutter'and feed rollers is transmitted from a common spindle 21 suitably supported in the front wall of the casing vand adapted to be rotated by means of a crank arm 41 fixed` on the outer end of said spindle. The inner end of the spindle is extended to form a support for the core or reel of the paper wall P. The arm 252 of the lever 25 is hooked or pivotally connected to the upper end 33 of a radially extending rod 33 which is actuated by a spring 34 and is guided in brackets 32 lixed to the wall 11. The lower end 332 of said rod 33 carries a roller 35 which owing to the spring 34 is held continuously in contact with a Vcam 36 fixed on the spindle 21 to which is attached oi` which is integrally formed with a Vratchet Wheel' 37 concentric with thc spin'- vdle 21. By rotatingV the latter the cam 36 will operate the rod 33 as a result of which the lever 25 will be swung on its pivot 25a to operate the punching plunger 23.

Loosely vmounted on the spindle 21 is a cog wheel 39y provided at one of its faces with an annular groove 40 Vhaving' a cam portion 40. The blade or cutter 23 is connected centrally by a pin 42 to one arm 43 of a double armed lever 43 which is fulcrumed at 43a to the support 22. rlhe pin 42 projects through a vertical slot 22a of said support. By the depression of the arm 43 of said double armed lever 43 the blade 23 will be movedy downwardly through the slot 16 of the base 16 and cut the strip l).

rThe operation of said double armed lever 43 is effected from the cam 40 which engages Vva roller 44 carried by the lower end of a vertical rod 45 movably guided in brackets Y fixed 1n said casing.

The upper end 45 said rod is pivoted at 45*1 to the arm 432 the double armed lever 43.

The cog wheel 39 carries a spring actuated pawl 33 which cooperates with the ratchet wheel 37 so that when the spindle 21 is turned in one direction said cog wheel will be carriedalong in the same direction.

. The annular groove 40 engaging the roller the paper strip.

44 will normally raise the iod 45 and consequently the blade 23. vWhen during the rotation of the cog wheel 39 the roller 44 passes through the cam portion 40L the rod 45 will be successively and rapidly lifted and lowered as a ,1esult of which the cutter 23 through the lever 43 will be caused to perform the cutting operation and thereupon be instantaneously lifted from the path of Meshing with the oog wheel 39 is another Vneeegrfe cog wheel 39a rotatively supported at 39h in the casing and which also meshes with a pinion 47 fixed to the lower feed roller 18. During each full revolution of the spindle 21 the feed rollers 13 and 18 through the medium of the cog wheel 39, 39'L1 and pinion 47 will be rotated to feed a certain length of vthe strip P over 'the bottom 16 until the free end V.of said strip projects outwardly through the slot 10LL of the casing.

It will be seen that the two cams 36 and 4()2L are adjustable relative to one another.

Then the spindle 21 andV consequently the be .effected at, predetermined points of its` length;

The upper feed rollerV 18 is so arranged in its bearings as to be capable of being lifted out of contact with the lower roller 18 so as to temporarily discontinue the feeding of the strip during the punching operation. To this end one of the journals of the upper roller 13 is carried by one arm-of a double armedv lever 48 fulcrumed at 43L to the bracket 17 and thevother arm of which is K connected by a linlr 49 tovone arm of a second double armed lever 50 fulcrumed at 50a in the casing. The other arm of this double armed lever formed to a iinger'O adapted to project into the pathof the `cam so that when said cam passes underneath said linger itiwill operate the roller 13 lifting it from contact with the roller 13. A spring 51 tends to constantly hold the roller 13 in.

frictioiial contact with the roller l3.

The object of inalring the puncher adjustable transversely to the strip is to enable the punching of holes at different poi-nts of the breadth of said strip. j Thus the strip may have'two'oi' more parallel columns P", Pl of figures pri nted thereon in successive series and it may be desired to punch a hole at a figure in any one of said columns. By my invention lam able to accomplish this with the single puucher 23.

Mounted over the outer face of the front wall 11 is a dish shaped dial 57 on which at uniform distances around its marginal edge are applied figures or numbers corresponding to those printed on the strip l).

lVhen the strip l) carries two or more parallelcoluinns of tiguies as shown in Fig. 6, the guies of the different colums are arranged on the dial in a single row following successively one another in alternate manner. f

Yln order to facilitateV the finding of the figure on the dial at which a hole is to be punched I make the dial adjustable and provide a shield 52 covering in one position of said dial one set of figures and in another position thereof another set.

To this end the dial is fixed to a bar 53 extending diametrically over its rear face and tiltably mounted on the outer end of the spindle 21. One end of said bar is connected by a link 54 to one arm of a double armed lever 55 fulcrumed in the casing and the other arm of which is connected by a. toggle joint 56 to the sleeve 29 carrying the puncher 28.

When the sleeve 29 is shifted transversely to displace the puncher 28 as aforedescribed the toggle joint will be collapsed as a result of which the double armed lever 55 will be swung so as to tilt the bar 53 and thereby adjust the dial to the corresponding position. The shield 52 is in form of an annular rim fitted around the wall 11 of the casing and provided with as many apertures 52 as there are figures in any one column of the strip I). These apertures are arranged to register with the figures on the dial but spaced apart a distance equal to that between each two successive figures corresponding to those of a single set or column on the strip P.

The crank arm 41 which is in front of the dial serves as indicator therefor.

The mode of operation will be as follows:

Suppose a check is to be issued to a customer for the amount of $.45. Assuming the puncher is in a position to punch a. hole through the column containing the numeral 4&3. In this case the figure 45 on the dial will be visible through the shield. The crank 4l is first swung in. the direction opposite to' that of the arrow (Fig. 3) until it registers with the figure 45 on the dial. During this rotation the cam 40remains stationary and only the cam 3G is moved whereby the operation of the puncher is timed. On giving the crank 41 a full turn from its adjusted position in the opposite direction the puncher', critter and feed rollers will be operated in the aforedescribed manner and the punched and cut section of the strip can be pulled out from the casing by its outwardly projecting end.

If a figure say 95 located in another column of the strip is to be punched, then the puncher 28 is first adjusted by the displacement of the sleeve 29` in the aforedescribed manner. By this adjustment the dial too will be turned to expose the figure 95 through its shield. The operation is'then carried out in the same manner as before.

It is understood that various modifications may be made in the construction of my device without departing from the principle thereof.

I therefore do not wish to limit myself to the details described and shown.

`What I claim is l. In a device for marking a longitudinally fed strip, a marker operable at a right angle and adjustable*transversely to said strip and means for operating lsaid marker including an adjustable cam for controlling the operation of'said marker.

2. In a device for marking and cutting a longitudinally fed strip, a marker operable at a rightangle to said strip and adjustable transversely thereto, a cutter operable at a right angle to said strip, two manually operated independent cams for controlling the operations of said marker and cutter, said cams being adjustable relative to one another for timing the operation `of said marker relative to that of the cutter, and means for coupling said two cams to cause them to move in unison with one another for the successive operation of said puncher and critter.

3. In a device for punching and cutting a longitudinally fed strip bearing longitudinally arranged parallel columns of figures, a puncher operable at a right angle to said strip and adjustable transversely thereto, a cutter operable at a right angle to said strip, two manually operated independent cams for controlling the operations of said puncher and critter, said cams being adjustable relative to one another for timing the operation of said puncher relative to that of the cutter, means for coupling said two cams to cause them to move in unison with one another for the successive operation of said puncher and cutter' and means for automatically interrupting the feeding of said strip during the punching operation.

4. In a device for perforating a continuously fed strip bearing longitudinal parallel columns of figures, a puncher' operable at a right angle to said strip and adjustabletransversely thereto for punching a perforation at any figure in either one of said different columns, a dial bearing the figures of said parallel columns in a circular row and arranged alternately and successively of one another, said dial being adjustable on its central axis, a stationary apertured shield mounted over said dial exposing through its apertures the figures of one of said columns at a time according to the adjustment of said dial, automatic means causing the adjustment of said dial simultaneously with thatof said puncher, and means for operating said puncher including a spindle formed with a crank arm which serves as indicator for said dial.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' FRANZ WOLF. 

